Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A touch screen, comprising a gate layer, an insulating layer, a source-drain electrode layer, a first Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer, a protective layer and a second ITO layer, wherein the insulating layer is overlaid on the gate layer, the source-drain electrode layer is overlaid on the insulating layer, the first ITO layer is overlaid on the source-drain electrode layer, the protective layer is overlaid on the first ITO layer, and the second ITO layer is overlaid on the protective layer; the gate layer includes a touch driving electrode, the source-drain electrode layer includes a touch sensing electrode line, and the second ITO layer includes a touch sensing electrode pattern; and the touch sensing electrode pattern in the second ITO layer is connected with the touch sensing electrode line in the source-drain electrode layer through a via hole in the protective layer.
2. The touch screen according to claim 1 , wherein the gate layer includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of touch driving electrode lines; the gate lines are parallel to the touch driving electrode lines, and the gate lines and the touch driving electrode lines are arranged at intervals.
3. The touch screen according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of touch driving electrode lines are connected with each other through the second ITO layer.
4. The touch screen according to claim 2 , wherein the touch sensing electrode pattern is formed by dividing the second ITO layer corresponding to the gate lines, the touch driving electrode lines, and data lines laid perpendicular to the gate lines and the touch driving electrode lines, and the touch sensing electrode pattern is arranged above the gate lines.
5. The touch screen according to claim 4 , wherein no second ITO layer is provided above the touch driving electrode lines, and pixel electrodes are formed by a portion of the second ITO layer above the touch driving electrode lines and the data lines.
6. A display device comprising the touch screen, wherein the touch screen comprises: a gate layer, an insulating layer, a source-drain electrode layer, a first Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer, a protective layer and a second ITO layer, wherein the insulating layer is overlaid on the gate layer, the source-drain electrode layer is overlaid on the insulating layer, the first ITO layer is overlaid on the source-drain electrode layer, the protective layer is overlaid on the first ITO layer, and the second ITO layer is overlaid on the protective layer; the gate layer includes a touch driving electrode, the source-drain electrode layer includes a touch sensing electrode line, and the second ITO layer includes a touch sensing electrode pattern; and the touch sensing electrode pattern In the second ITO layer is connected with the touch sensing electrode line in the source-drain electrode layer though a via hole in the protective layer.
7. A fabrication method of a touch screen, comprising: forming an insulating layer on a gate layer; forming a source-drain electrode layer on the insulating layer; forming a first Indium Tin Oxide (IT) layer on the source-drain electrode layer, forming a protective layer on the first ITO layer; forming a second ITO layer on the protective layer; and wherein the gate layer includes a touch driving electrode; the source-drain electrode layer includes a touch sensing electrode line; and the second ITO layer includes a touch sensing electrode pattern forming a via hole in the protective layer; wherein the touch sensing electrode pattern is connected with the touch sensing electrode line through the via hole in the protective layer.
8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising: combining gate electrode scanning signals output by a plurality of gate lines serving as touch driving electrode lines, to form a touch driving pulse signal.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of gate lines serving as the touch driving electrode lines include gate lines in odd-numbered columns or gate lines in even-numbered columns.
10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising: dividing the second ITO layer in accordance with an arrangement of the gate line, the touch driving electrode line and a data line laid perpendicular to the gate line and the touch driving electrode line; wherein a portion of the second ITO layer above the gate line serve as the touch sensing electrode pattern.
11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising: removing a portion of the second ITO layer above the touch driving electrode line.
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October 30, 2018
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